Videos
Durian Grafting & Propagating Trees for Market (Peter Kring: Finca La Isla)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bpSvIDTB_0&t=12s Have you ever wondered if having a tree nursery could be a viable business in a small market? Is grafting one of those curious mysteries that you’ve always wanted to learn more about? If so, take a few minutes and drop into the world of Peter...
Fruit Forest Maintenance (Peter Kring: Finca La Isla)
https://youtu.be/z8RJcrgmHtM Biochar and microorganisms come up again and again in these conversations around soil health, plant health, and even carbon sequestering. Peter takes us onsite, in this video, to one of his fruit forests to explain how he applies these elements into his regenerative...
Natural Home Cooling (Justin Dolan: St Michael's Permaculture Country Club)
https://youtu.be/AFk5NbW08R0 Cooling a house takes a lot of energy and can be a large expense for many living in the tropics and subtropic regions. In this video, we visit St Michael's Permaculture Country Club, home of Justin Dolan in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Justin describes how he's using living...
Bokashi & Biochar for Better Gardens (Justin Dolan: St Michael's Permaculture Country Club)
Building healthy soil is a cornerstone of a productive garden. Today, Justin shares with us his recipe for making bokashi which is a bio-fermentation process designed to quickly break down organic matter into compost,...
Bio-Ferments, Water Filtration, and Some Really Big Bambu (Ed Bernhardt: New Dawn Center)
This compost accelerating bio-ferment formula is something that every gardener needs to know about. Ed Bernhardt, master gardener and author, shares his personal recipe for enriching soil quickly. He also gives us a tour of his quick compost...
Greenhouses, Volunteers, & Vanilla Bean Propagation (Suzanna Leff: Finca Amrta)
Ever wonder how a vanilla flower is pollinated? Have you ever seen bamboo used as a hanging lettuce bed? In this video, Suzanna takes us for a tour of her organic homestead, greenhouses, solar food drying room, and shares some...
Suzanna Leff from Finca Amrta loves Sharing Insights and thinks you will too!
Suzanna was a delight to visit as she shared stories of her 30 years as a homesteader and volunteer coordinator. You can hear the episode at https://sharinginsights.net.
What is an impact center?
Throughout the Sharing Insights Podcast, the term Impact Centers is used occasionally to refer to permaculture farms, eco-retreat centers, and Intentional communities that have some kind of educational and/or outreach component to their mission. It...
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An Approach Grounded in Ethics
In Part 2 of our Permaculture Lifestyle Series, we're going to take a look at the role that Ethics plays in guiding our decision making and design. Most people have some concept of ethics and (hopefully) think of themselves as ethical human beings. But what does that...
What Is Permaculture and How It Can Make Your Life Better
Many have come to know the term "Permaculture" in reference to land management. As a result, many of those people mistakenly think that it doesn't apply to them and their life in the city or suburbs. It's a shame, really, because the principles that guide...
Giving a Voice to Permaculture & Community in Costa Rica
Stories, strategies, and insights from some of Costa Rica’s more interesting eco-centers Sharing Insights Podcast is designed to support landowners who have a dream to do something ecologically and socially beneficial with it, as well as those veterans who want to...